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' Craven Cottage ' was originally a royal hunting lodge and has history dating back over 300 years.
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Craven Cottage is the name of a football stadium located in Fulham, London, and has been the home ground of the association football team Fulham F. C.
Aerial view of Craven Cottage on the banks of the River Thames as it looks today
The original ' Cottage ' was built in 1780, by William Craven, the sixth Baron Craven and was located on the centre circle of the pitch.
Many rumours persist among Fulham fans of past tenants of Craven Cottage.
Fulham had had 8 previous grounds before settling in at Craven Cottage for good.
One of the club's directors Henry Norris, and his friend William Hill, took over Arsenal in the early 1910s, the plan being to merge Fulham with Arsenal, to form a " London superclub " at Craven Cottage.
Although Fulham was relegated, the development of Craven Cottage continued.
On Boxing Day 1963, Craven Cottage was the venue of the fastest hat-trick in the history of the English football league, which was completed in less than three minutes, by Graham Leggat.
Craven Cottage held the team's largest ever crowd at any ground with 15, 013, at a game against Wakefield Trinity on 15 February 1981.
Craven Cottage prior to the implementation of the Taylor report.
On July 27th, 2012, Fulham FC were granted permission to redevelop the Riverside Stand, increasing the capacity of Craven Cottage to 30, 000 seats.
The capacity of Craven Cottage has been increased during summers for instance in 2008 with a small increase in the capacity of the Hammersmith End.
Fulham previously announced in 2007 that they are planning to increase the capacity of Craven Cottage by 4000 seats, but this is yet to be implemented.
The scheme involves the demolition of the back of the Riverside Stand with a new tier of seating added on top of the current one and a row of corporate boxes ; bringing Craven Cottage up to 30, 000 capacity.
During the 70's, Craven Cottage flooded, with water gushing in from the Riverside.
The Johnny Haynes stand at Craven Cottage, is a Grade II * listed building.
In recent years, Craven Cottage has hosted several International Friendly matches, including the Republic of Ireland national football team who played Colombia and Nigeria there in May 2008 and May 2009 respectively and Oman in 2012.
On 17 November 2007 Australia beat Nigeria 1 – 0 in an international friendly at Craven Cottage.
In 26 May 2011, Craven Cottage hosted the game of 2011 UEFA Women's Champions League Final between Lyon and Potsdam.
In September 2011, a friendly between Ghana and Brazil was also held at Craven Cottage
* Fulham Rugby League Club, now London Broncos, played at Craven Cottage between 1980 and 1984, hosting their largest attendance.
* Fulham were the last team to have standing accommodation in the Premier League, as Craven Cottage included terraces in the 2001 – 02 season – eight years after the Taylor Report outlawed terraces at this level.
* The original Craven Cottage site was covered in woodlands.
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Mrs. Trempler was tuberculosis, Mrs. Surcliffe was Mothers' March of Dimes, Mrs. Craven was cancer, and Mrs. Gilkson did the kidney.
Craven Cottage was used like many grounds for fitness and training of the army youth reserves.
Fulham temporarily left Craven Cottage whilst it was being upgraded to meet modern safety standards.
A statue of Michael Jackson was unveiled by Al-Fayed in April 2011 at Fulham's Craven Cottage stadium.
Sophia was courted by her first cousin, Charles II Stuart, but she rebuffed his advances as she thought he was using her in order to get money from her mother's supporter, Lord William Craven.
In a 2010 Total Film poll, it was again selected as the greatest horror film ; the judging panel included veteran horror directors such as John Carpenter, Wes Craven, and George A. Romero.
in 1865, and university prizes, including the Bell, Craven, Camden and Chancellor's Medal: however he was forced to resign the Camden medal for 1863 after accusations of plagiarism.
In 1982, DC Comics revived the Swamp Thing series, attempting to capitalize on the summer 1982 release of the Wes Craven film of the same name ( a revival had also been planned for 1978, but was a victim of the DC Implosion ).
He was succeeded in 2001 by Sir Philip Craven, a British former Paralympic athlete, who remains president as of 2010.
Robson was dissatisfied by this situation and when, in January 1968, Fulham offered him a contract as their manager, he accepted the position at Craven Cottage.
In 1874, Asquith was awarded the Craven scholarship.
Craven County, which roughly encompassed the northern half of the colony, included the southern half of present-day York County, while the top portion of York County was considered part of North Carolina.
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In New Nightmare, Freddy was depicted closer to how Wes Craven had originally intended, less comical and with more of an " organic " style to his claw.
Abner was originally buried in St. Paul's Churchyard in Manhattan, but his body was later returned for burial in a private, family plot in Craven County, North Carolina.
John Craven OBE ( born in Leeds, 16 August 1940 ) is an English journalist and television presenter, best known for presenting the BBC's Newsround ( originally John Craven's Newsround ) and Countryfile.
From 1972 Craven was the eponymous host of a regular children's news programme, Newsround, originally called " John Craven's Newsround ".
Newsround ( originally called John Craven's Newsround, before the departure of Craven ) is a BBC children's news programme, which has run continuously since 4 April 1972, and was one of the world's first television news magazines aimed specifically at children.
Madonna was originally signed to play the role of Roberta Guaspari, but left the project before filming began, citing " creative differences " with Wes Craven.
The large, red-roofed Robert Craven Memorial Hall, ( originally the Craven Institute ) 1896, was part of the bequest of Robert Craven, a local farmer.
Horley was originally intended to serve as the principal workshop of the railway, but John Chester Craven decided in 1847 to develop Brighton railway works instead.
Established in 1965, Craven Community College in North Carolina was originally an extension of Lenoir Community College — Craven IEC ( Industrial Education Center ).
William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven ( 1608-1697 ) built a mansion there, originally intended as a residence for Charles I's sister, Elizabeth of Bohemia, although she died before construction began.
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